Recent content by Brooklyn Joe

No, i haven't thrown it out. I'm just not motivated to tear into it, but that might change. I'm fairly certain the power supply failed, based on the ruckus the UPS made. It pulled some amps at the moment it failed. I've been following this thread since the beginning,in fact, it's what led me...

Sadly my Soyo 24" Topaz-S went to its final reward yesterday after serving faithfully since 22-APR-2008. Heard the alarm on the UPS/Surge protector go off, and when I got back into the room the display was black; no power light, nada, nothing. . . Life without the Soyo is going to be tough...

I am the proud owner of a SeaSonic M12II 620W 80 Plus Bronze certified power supply. In two years time I've owned it, it hasn't let me down. I live well outside the city and the power grid here is terrible. Line voltage sags in the summer, transients, etc. The SeaSonic keeps right on chugging...

I bought one of these a couple of weeks ago for a similar purpose as the OP. I am very well pleased. Paid a few bucks more, even, but it was an emergency.

http://www.sphinx-soft.com/Vista/index.html I've been using the free version of this since Vista; currently using it with Windows 7 64 Bit. It's lightweight and will block outbound, like you desire. It says it is compatible with Windows 8, but I have not tried it. I think it's just what you...

Have you read Newegg's monitor return policy? LCD Monitor Limited Non-Refundable 30-Day Return Policy * Return for refund within: non-refundable * Return for replacement within: 30 days * There must be a minimum of 8 dead pixels to declare an LCD display defective and...

Thanks for sharing your experience, Freeze. I was almost tempted to pick one up. Had a 26" Vizio television for the bedroom, but that one buzzed if the brightness was set at any level under 100%. "Once bitten, twice shy".

Extremely doubtful. The one chance is that a person put the laptop on a non-Christmas (regular) layaway, and didn't pick it up, or canceled it. Then it could become available. Coincidentally, regular layaways made on Black Friday expire *TODAY* January 24. To further complicate things, each...

Thanks for the heads up! Kept missing the PQIs when they were in stock. Got my order in now. They go very fast, apparently. ---Joe

It might be a good idea to just do a fresh install of the OS from the supplied disc, then install and update the drivers. It'll take a little more time, but be better off in the long run. My opinion. I thought I had manually removed most of the bloat. When I went and installed Zone Alarm as...